Discussion Thread #5 - What is your favourite building piece to build with?

[Jens Erik]

Hayo Zookeepers,

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So, without further ado:

What building piece could you not do without?

 

[Cocotte]

For me the most obvious answer would be glass pieces, since I love putting greenhouses and domes in my zoos !

 

[yoav_r]

Great question! I love the Ivy pieces, which are great for covering walls and ceilings, and I'd love more Ivy varieties.

The plasters are of course useful as well, and the basic wooden planks are great for everything.

 

[yoav_r]

Side note, the post title is wrong, and refers to favorite biome

 

[FoxyDee]

New world theme wall set, really love thé modern wood look.
Mesh pieces - so grateful that these were added! Very useful for realistic enclosures for monkeys, cat species and others.
Faux Aquatic rocks and trees - honestly some of the best additions to the game for me, as they are used heavily in real life zoos.

 

[Jens Erik]

Side note, the post title is wrong, and refers to favorite biome

Fixed, thanks!

Faux Aquatic rocks and trees - honestly some of the best additions to the game for me, as they are used heavily in real life zoos.

I really like those myself, even though I'm terrible at using them!

 

[Lelka]

All those precious, precious square/round beams and thin/thick wooden planks.

 

[SalamAnders]

The big 'Planet Zoo Log' makes its way to a lot of my habitats. I just wished we had many more log pieces to choose from.

 

[Jens Erik]

All those precious, precious square/round beams and thin/thick wooden planks.

Beams and planks are great all-rounders, IMO!

 

[Aramar]

It's impossible to choose one piece, so I will say that my favourite pieces are the most simple ones: the wood/log/glass/stone/plaster sets.

However, I want to mention the waterfall pieces that came with the aquatic update. I was never able to build a decent waterfall before, and these new pieces are very handy to me.

 

[Nioell]

Log pieces! We really need more of those and anything I can use to create better barriers (love the aquatic pack steel fence) because the game lacks terribly in this very important aspect, more barriers are definitely needed as well.

 

[Sahara]

The plaster panels are super useful for creating things like pools and moats. They really help give zoos that modern touch.

I also overuse the faux rocks to a ridiculous level. Very useful for creating natural backdrops for enclosures

 

[KönigDerKaffeebohnen]

If i could marry the arctic log pieces, i would have no doubts about it

 

[ZSHplays]

PLASTER

 

[Iben]

I think I have to do this by DLC just to cover them all

Base game:
Plaster, planks, chainlink and bracket for sure. Those are the main ones I use in literally every zoo ever.

Arctic:
Beams.

South America:
BEAMS. The flexicolour beams are just one of the best items in the game, if not the best. I also regularly use the temple pieces, but more as a dirty concrete than anything else.

Australia:
RODS. Seriously. The rod pieces are absolutely brilliant. If we could get a version that's even smaller or just a few items that allow us to make smaller circles that'd be perfect.

Aquatics:
Surprisingly, I don't use much of the building pieces of this pack as often as I thought I did. However, the faux tree branches are a big win.

Africa:
Basically every small plaster piece.


Honestly, I think the pieces I use the most can be summarized as flexicolour, non-grid, flexible in use and in sizes from really small to really big

 

[Swjosdotschka]

All off-grid wall pieces really, but especially the plaster ones. Live saver to hide some building mistakes or problems when do complicate roofing.

 

[peafowl]

I dont know what pack theyre from, maybe SA, the plant wall pieces, square ones with ferns and stuff. so nice

 

[Leaf Productions]

Drin. Grass.

 

[Pentoleaf]

The planet zoo logs.

 

[SanRazo618]

Faux rocks and rocks in general